Our Director of Policy and Public affairs, Emily Holzhausen OBE was on BBC Breakfast sharing why more support is needed for unpaid carers.

Thank you to Lindsay Burrows for sharing her story and highlighting the daily juggle unpaid carers are managing.

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#unpaidcarers don’t miss your opportunity to share your thoughts on how NHS Constitution: 10 year review should acknowledge & reflect carers.
The NHS could not function without else but despite much good work carers remain invisible and unsupported.

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Enough is enough. Sign our petition calling for prostate cancer screening to be a national priority.
act.prostate-cancer-research.org.uk/a/manifestos
Demand that political parties commit to introducing prostate cancer screening in the next Parliament.
The time for action is now.

Caring for someone using hospital services? I am over at St George's NHS FT with the carer staff till 4 pm today. Carers UK
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Sutton Carers Centre Parkinson's UK Macmillan Cancer Support

First series of interviews with #carer activists. I speak to Veronica Kamerling Veronica Kamerling about the work she does to engage with carers and raise carer awareness. Triangle of Care CNWL NHS FT Carers Network Grace 🖤 LP

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Great to be at the St George's NHS FT carers hospital discharge toolkit meeting with Wendy Doyle and Sarah cook from Healthwatch Wands . Great to see hospital trust working to engage #carers #carerToolkit #Hellomynameis Debbie (she/her)
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CarersSupportMerton Sutton Carers Centre

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This is caring …..

1/2 Children’s books illustrator Ana Graça has developed illustrations about young carers, produced in the style of children’s books. These are available for free to use in research, communication and conversation with our youngest young carers. See: pixieana.com/illustrations

We’re calling on the next Government to transform the lives of millions of unpaid carers following the #GeneralElection .

Join us by signing our open letter to the future Prime Minister, which we'll deliver to 10 Downing Street following the election. carersuk.org/GeneralElectio…

Our manifesto for unpaid carers – launched today – lays out our key policy recommendations for the future Government.

Read on to discover what needs to happen to make life better for the UK’s 5.7 million unpaid carers! 🧵(1/7)

Have you had #cancer ? Do you also care for someone with memory problems or #dementia ?

If so, Liz travis is conducting research and would love to hear from you.

For more information, call Liz Travis on 0113 812 2149 or email [email protected].

As Department for Work and Pensions continues to pursue carers who have unwittingly broken tough earnings rules, Carers UK warns that carers will have to cut their hours for the 5th year in a row as minimum wages rise faster than the earnings limit Emily Holzhausen OBE explains BBC Money Box noon BBC Radio 4

What a truly incredibly powerful and fitting way to finish the 4th International Young Carers Conference with a message from the young carers and young adult carers to the world. All put together by them in just 2 days (See comment for part 2) #Awareness #Support #Choice

Really excited for chance today to join Young Carers and their allies & the 4th International Young Carers Conference! Topic close to my heart - supporting #YoungCarers (I’ll be sharing work from Nuffield Trust on policy & practice - what does the evidence show?)
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We know that for #youngcarers who grow up with a disabled sibling, they often spend a lot of time coming second to their needs. Their everyday life is mainly impacted by their brother or sister’s routine and their abilities.

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#NationalSiblingsDay #siblingday #oxfordshire

“ICS leaders worried objectives on tackling health inequalities were being crowded out by short-term policy priorities, such as reducing pressures on NHS hospitals. The behaviour of national policymakers appeared to undermine their stated priorities to reduce health inequalities”

Calls to end ‘persecution’ of carers over UK benefits rule breaches theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Can I legally manage someone else's money when I'm caring for them? We’ve put together a simple guide covering Power of Attorney, Deputyship, Wills and Trusts and much more... ✍ 💵mobiliseonline.co.uk/carers-guide-t…
#UnpaidCarers #Money #Finances

1/2 The media today have shone a light on carers being pursued to pay back Carer’s Allowance overpayments after unwitting mistakes.

Carers UK is calling for urgent reform of carer’s benefits - find out more in the thread below.

The The Guardian article: theguardian.com/society/2024/a…